National Science Foundation
2009 Western Consortium of Idaho, Nevada and New Mexico Annual Meeting,
March 31 - April 1, 2009
Boise, Idaho
Each year the Western Consortium of Idaho, Nevada and New Mexico will conduct an annual meeting of current NSF EPSCoR participants. A primary purpose of this meeting is to foster collaborations among the NSF EPSCoR RII projects and participants in our states.
Meetings among directors, cyberinfrastructure experts, scientists, and educators from the three states to identify common challenges and solutions. These meetings will rotate among the various EPSCoR jurisdictions and may expand to include other western EPSCoR states that have overlapping interests. Collaborative activities include (but are not limited to):
a) sharing in graduate student advisory roles across jurisdictions;
b) creating, during the five-year period, a regional north-south comparison of how watersheds in the region respond to climate change;
c) sharing of knowledge and experience on hydro-meteorological instrumentationd) development of a tri-state collaboratory for hydro-climatological analysis and modeling;
e) development of common approaches to translation of the results of scientific investigations for use by decision makers;
f) creative approaches to comparing output from regional climate, hydrologic, and ecologic models;
g) advanced visualization of scientific data for research, education, and outreach; andh) development of materials for K-12 education and public outreach.
Milestones and Timeline: Regional meetings will be held annually and reports will be produced that identify common regional scientific, education and outreach, and CI challenges and solutions.
Presentations by Nevada presenters are available below
Overview of State EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Activities and Q&A: Idaho, Nevada & New Mexico
Nevada Infrastructure for Climate Change Science, Education and Outreach
Gayle Dana (DRI)
Social and Economic Research: Interdisciplinary research and modeling: integrating climate, hydrologic, economic and social models.
Socioeconomics: Interdisciplinary Research and Modeling: Integrating climate, hydrologic, economic and social models
William Smith (UNLV) and Tom Piechota (UNLV)
Hydrology: Climate impacts on mountain sources of water: snow hydrology, water quality, and water resources.
Nevada EPSCoR Project: Water Component Overview
Laurel Saito (UNR)
Climate Science: Regional climate modeling and coupling climate hydrologic models.
Component: Climate Modeling
Darko Koracin (DRI)
Ecology: Climate change effects on vegetation.
Nevada EPSCoR Project: Ecological Change Component
Franco Biondi (UNR)
Presentations: Examples of Effective Education and Outreach Programs that Emphasize Diversity.
Climate Change Education in Nevada
Dave Hassenzahl (UNLV)
Public Outreach: Creating an informed citizenry; identifying and collaborating with stakeholder groups and decision‐makers.
William Smith (UNLV)
Integration of Research and Education: Programs to increase participation in STEM fields, K-12 materials development, and educational outreach programs.
Educational Outreach in Nevada
Jacque Ewing-Taylor (UNR)